Medical Articles
Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Scarring and Non-Scarring Alopecia
Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Scarring and Non-Scarring Alopecia Article summary by Wonder Edem | MD Candidate 2024 | University of California, Riverside School of Medicine Vitamin D levels are important in [...]
Therapeutic Hotline: Effectiveness of the Association of Cetirizine and Topical Steroids in Lichen Planus Pilaris – An Open-Label Clinical Trial
Therapeutic Hotline: Effectiveness of the Association of Cetirizine and Topical Steroids in Lichen Planus Pilaris – An Open-Label Clinical Trial Article Summary by Soneet Dhillon, MS | MD Candidate | Chicago Medical School [...]
Oral Minoxidil Improves Background Hair Thickness in Lichen Planopilaris
Oral Minoxidil Improves Background Hair Thickness in Lichen Planopilaris Article summary by Song Park, MD | Board-Certified Dermatologist | University of Washington Department of Dermatology Low-dose oral minoxidil (LDOM) has been increasingly used [...]
Cetirizine for Hair Loss?
Cetirizine for Hair Loss? Article Summary by Soneet Dhillon, MS | MD Candidate | Chicago Medical School What is Cetirizine? Cetirizine (Zyrtec ®) is an oral antihistamine available over the counter, which is [...]
Advocating for ICD-10 Coding for FFA & CCCA
Advocating for ICD-10-CM Coding for Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA) and Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia (FFA). What is an ICD-10-CM code? ICD-10 codes are alphanumeric codes used by doctors, health insurance companies, and public [...]
Low Dose Oral Minoxidil in female patients with Lichen planopilaris: Real-life experience
Low Dose Oral Minoxidil in female patients with Lichen planopilaris: Real-life experience Article Summary by Wonder Edem | MD Candidate 2024 |University of California, Riverside School of MedicineLichen planopilaris (LPP) is one of the most [...]
Treatment of lichen planopilaris with baricitinib: A retrospective study
Treatment of lichen planopilaris with baricitinib: A retrospective study Article summary by Wonder Edem-Ineama | MD Candidate 2024 | University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. Lichen Planopilaris and Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia are [...]
Patch testing and contact allergen avoidance in patients with lichen planopilaris and/or frontal fibrosing alopecia: A cohort study
Patch testing and contact allergen avoidance in patients with lichen planopilaris and/or frontal fibrosing alopecia: A cohort study Article summary by Jessica Brown-Korsah | MD Candidate 2024 | Case Western Reserve University School [...]
My Advice to Fellow Scarring Alopecia Patients
My Advice to Fellow Scarring Alopecia Patients by Chandra Kasakevich, Patient and SAF Board Member October 12, 2022 After years of reading social media posts, and my own journey since my official diagnosis in 2015, [...]